Tampa Bay 8, Oakland 3
When: 7:10 PM ET, Friday, April 19, 2013
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Cory Blaser, 1B -
Jim Joyce, 2B -
Jeff Nelson, 3B -
Ed Hickox
Attendance:
15115
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Rays 8, Athletics 3: Evan Longoria belted his fourth homer in five games and Ben Zobrist added a pair of RBI singles as Tampa Bay rolled over visiting Oakland.
Jose Lobaton knocked in his first two runs of the season with a single in the first inning for the Rays and Longoria hit his two-run blast in the fourth for an 8-2 lead. Tampa Bay starter Alex Cobb (2-1) allowed three runs and 10 hits over 7 1/3 innings.
Jed Lowrie collected four hits and Coco Crisp homered for the Athletics, who lost for the first time in seven road games. Oakland starter Brett Anderson (1-3) lasted only one inning, allowing four runs on four hits and two walks before leaving with a sprained right ankle.
Lowrie and Brandon Moss delivered RBI singles in the first inning as Oakland jumped to a 2-0 lead. The Rays responded with four in the bottom half, ignited by RBI singles from Zobrist and Sean Rodriguez and capped by Lobaton’s two-run single to left field.
Shelley Duncan doubled and scored on a single by Ryan Roberts to extend Tampa Bay’s lead to 5-2 in the third. Zobrist added his second RBI single in the fourth and trotted home on Longoria’s home run to left field on a 1-2 pitch.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Lobaton’s first-inning single was Tampa Bay’s first hit with the bases loaded this season after going 0-for-12. Oakland pitchers had not allowed a hit with the bases full coming into the game as well. … Crisp extended his hitting streak to 12 games with a double on the first pitch of the contest. … Cobb has allowed three earned runs or less in 17 of his last 18 starts, dating back to last July.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Oakland
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.314 |
22 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| Tampa Bay
|
10 |
1 |
14 |
.294 |
15 |
5 |
8 |
4 |
3 |
0 |
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